Canada Lawmakers Urge Ban on Tankers in North British Columbia

Canadian lawmakers voted in favor of
a motion calling on the government to ban oil tankers from the
northern coast of British Columbia.

Lawmakers voted today 143 to 138 in favor of the New
Democratic Party’s motion, which demanded the government “ban
bulk oil tanker traffic” in northern British Columbia. The
motion is not binding.

The Northern Gateway Alliance, a group that supports
Enbridge Inc.’s Northern Gateway Project, said supporting the
motion would mean lawmakers jeopardize more than 1,000 jobs
related to the pipeline. Enbridge wants to build a pipeline that
would link oil production in Alberta to the British Columbia’s
port of Kitimat.